Treason in Berkeley (Melanie Morgan)

Society for years has endured the freakish antics of Berkeley dwellers. Naked people streaking in the streets; smelly hippies begging for money as they sing drunken renditions of '60s anti-war songs; adults sitting in trees like a bad zoo exhibit.

But the Berkeley City Council and instigators from the extreme left have crossed the line this time. The council Tuesday night passed two anti-military, anti-American resolutions and agreed to send a letter to the city's only Marine recruiting office saying the military are "uninvited intruders."

This is treasonous, hateful behavior that steals the First Amendment rights of the Marines, the very group that protects our constitutional rights. What galls me most is that Berkeley is the birthplace of the modern free-speech movement and now it is has drawn battle lines in the war against the First Amendment.

The first resolution says that the Marine Corps recruiting station "is not welcome in the city, and if recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome intruders."

The socialist council also gave the anti-American Code Pink a designated parking space in front of the recruiting station once a week for six months and a free sound permit for protesting once a week from noon to 4 p.m. The goal is clear – to harass the Marines until they are forced out of Berkeley.

Business people are sick of the Code Stinkos, who make noise, disrupt business with their aggressiveness and "yoga moves," and generally pollute the area.

What I don’t get is why they don’t go after the owner of the building that the Marines rent for their recruitment center. (I’m fairly certain the Marines don’t own the building themselves).

Surely that would be the logical way to go after them if you want the Marines out ... the council could make sure all building owners know they will be harrassed if they rent to a military recruiting outfit.

Or, alternatively, the council could pass a zoning law prohibiting that use in their city, similar to the way zoning laws prohibit pornography sellers or strip bars, etc. They could put it up as a referendum so everyone in Berkley would get a chance to weigh in.

Apart from the obvious stupidity (which has been discussed to death), it just seems like such a pansy way to make your point. If you’re serious, why not put some real meat behind your views and pass some legislation that keeps military recruitment out?

I have no problem with Berkeley people holding those views, but for God’s sake at least stand up for them and DO SOMETHING about it. Don’t just sit and whine about the Marines in your midst and pass some pansy-a$$ resolutions with no teeth. That really irks me.

My college roommate grew up there in the 60’s and 70’s. He said it was a really great place to grow up until the hippies ruined it. He now works hard and lives a very good life in San Fransicsco. He heard about this absurd decision by the city and decided to go over on Saturday morning to thank the heroes at the center for protecting the American way of life. Upon arrival, with parking thin, he walked towards the recruiting center then discovered the “demonstration” in the photo. These freaks had permits for this and had the Berzerkly Police keeping normal people away from the recruiting center. His on the spot cell phone observations, disgusted and dismayed, were this: without the very Marines that these hippy dolts were protesting, they would either be a) dead, or b) imprisoned for life in a burka from head to toe with no rights whatsoever.

Are these people:
Really that stupid?
Mentally ill?
Useful idiots?

I would like to see the good guys help them to learn some patriotic songs next time they show up. How about the Marines exercising their first amendment right to play “God Bless America” for their uninvited guests? Maybe they should turn it up loud enough to hear down at city hall.

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The rest of the article:

"My husband's business is right upstairs, and this (protesting) is bordering on harassment," Dori Schmidt told the council. "I hope this stops."
The only councilman who showed restraint and a scent of common sense was Gordon Wozniak. He opposed giving Code Pink a parking space because it favors free speech rights of one group over another.
"There's a line between protesting and harassing, and that concerns me," Wozniak said. "It looks like we are showing favoritism. We have to respect the other side and not abuse their rights. This is not good policy."
I have dealt with these beasts up close and they are one scary bunch to confront in person. The pro-troop organization I lead, Move America Forward, went to Berkeley in October with more than 400 patriotic Americans to support our Marines, who opened their recruiting center in Berkeley about a year ago. We waved our American flags, sang "God Bless America" and "The Star Spangled Banner," spoke out in support of our troops, and showed love and respect for our military while a paltry gathering of Code Pinko's burned flags and yelled anti-American epithets.
Code Pink was so embarrassed that patriotic Americans outnumbered them in their own backyard that they wanted a rematch. A representative from Code Pink e-mailed and asked if I would debate Medea Benjamin, a socialist who loves Cuba's dictator, Fidel Castro. She is also responsible for sending more than $600,000 to terrorists' families in Iraq.
I said I would be happy to take on Benjamin, but only after we agreed to certain details that would protect against an ambush from the left ? such as having a fair moderator, a proper venue and inclusion of a representatives from the Marines. Code Pink reneged on this agreement and proceeded to go out and lie about my involvement. Even after I explicitly told them I would not debate Benjamin based on their failures to live up to our agreement, Code Pink continued to tell the media and the public that there would be a debate on this issue.
Code Pink demonstrated once again why they cannot be trusted by any fair and reasonable person interested in honest debate on the important issues facing our nation, especially when it relates to our military. All Code Pink was interested in was orchestrating a ploy to raise money for their treasonous activities.
To make matters worse, Code Pink has now kicked off a campaign for an initiative that would restrict recruiting centers in the same way cities contain pornography shops. Comparing our military to pornography peddlers is slanderous and outrageous. What is really obscene is the conduct of Code Pink and their allies.
Berkeley Councilman Max Anderson has pushed the idea of giving special favors to Code Pink, which has done so much to cripple America's efforts to protect herself against radical Islamic jihadists. Yet Anderson had the nerve to say that our Marine's are committing "barbarity."
Anderson should take a look at Saddam's torture and rape chambers if he wants to see real barbarity. His libel against our troops is unacceptable, and decent people across America should let him know that this degradation of our troops will not stand.
You can do your part by registering your outrage with the city of Berkeley, contacting officials via e-mail and phone.
Meanwhile, the feds should cut off federal funds to Berkeley faster than the warmed-over hippies can say "barbarity."

See this thread for the action that is going to be taken:

Berkeley Attacks U.S. Marines - MAF Responds! PROTEST OF BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL
Move America Forward ^ | Feb 5, 2008 | Move America Forward

Posted on 02/05/2008 12:50:10 PM PST by Syncro

Berkeley Attacks U.S. Marines - MAF Responds!
PROTEST OF BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL

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